Английская Википедия:1978 Detroit Tigers season

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The 1978 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League East with a record of 86–76, 13½ games behind the Yankees. They outscored their opponents 714 to 653.

It was the franchise's first winning season since 1973 and would start a string of winning seasons that would not come to an end until 1989.

Offseason

• January 10, 1978: Chris Codiroli was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.
• January 30, 1978: Tito Fuentes was purchased from the Tigers by the Montreal Expos.

Regular season

The Tigers drew 1,714,893 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1978, ranking 5th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Notable transactions

• June 6, 1978: 1978 Major League Baseball draft
  • Kirk Gibson was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick).
  • Jerry Ujdur was drafted by the Tigers in the 4th round.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Шаблон:Sortname	105	352	88	.250	10	37
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	153	589	169	.287	26	79
2B	Шаблон:Sortname	139	484	138	.285	3	58
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	134	385	102	.265	7	43
SS	Шаблон:Sortname	139	448	120	.268	2	34
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	159	582	161	.277	15	79
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	155	666	198	.297	12	62
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	116	324	86	.265	1	27
DH	Шаблон:Sortname	162	642	175	.273	24	121

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Шаблон:Sortname	85	288	63	.219	14	41
Шаблон:Sortname	88	222	61	.275	4	20
Шаблон:Sortname	71	187	53	.283	7	22
Шаблон:Sortname	53	151	40	.265	3	8
Шаблон:Sortname	56	130	29	.223	0	7
Шаблон:Sortname	39	109	26	.239	0	6
Шаблон:Sortname	10	28	7	.250	0	2
Шаблон:Sortname	8	14	4	.286	1	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	35	233.2	17	11	4.12	92
Шаблон:Sortname	29	215.1	13	12	3.76	132
Шаблон:Sortname	28	209.1	9	12	3.14	57
Шаблон:Sortname	30	201.2	15	8	3.88	59
Шаблон:Sortname	14	105.2	6	7	2.81	49
Шаблон:Sortname	3	22.0	2	0	2.45	10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	28	106.0	3	5	4.33	48
Шаблон:Sortname	22	93.2	6	6	3.94	58
Шаблон:Sortname	15	63.1	2	4	4.55	39

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	GF	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	51	9	4	14	46	2.34	74
Шаблон:Sortname	24	2	4	4	15	3.13	18
Шаблон:Sortname	20	2	3	0	10	4.35	24
Шаблон:Sortname	10	0	0	0	6	3.07	9
Шаблон:Sortname	5	0	0	0	4	3.75	11
Шаблон:Sortname	2	0	0	0	1	8.31	1
Шаблон:Sortname	2	0	0	0	1	9.00	3
Шаблон:Sortname	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	0

Awards and honors

Lou Whitaker

• AL Rookie of the Year Award

Ron LeFlore

• Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit baseball writers

All-Stars

Jason Thompson, reserve

League top ten finishers

Steve Kemp

• #3 in AL in bases on balls (97)
• #4 in AL in times on base (259)
• #5 in AL in games played (159)

Ron LeFlore

• MLB leader in runs scored (126)
• AL leader in stolen bases (68)
• AL leader in singles (153)
• #2 in AL in hits (198)
• #2 in AL in runs created (105)
• #2 in MLB in at bats (666)
• #2 in MLB in plate appearances (741)
• #3 in MLB in times on base (267)
• #3 in AL in outs (501)
• #4 in AL in Power/Speed Number (20.4)
• #5 in AL in times caught stealing (16)

Dave Rozema

• #5 in MLB in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (1.76)

Jim Slaton

• #4 in AL in hit batsmen (8)
• #5 in AL in wild pitches (10)

Rusty Staub

• #2 in MLB in RBIs (121)
• #2 in MLB in games played (162)
• #2 in AL in sacrifice flies (11)
• #2 in AL in at bats per strikeout (18.3)
• #2 in AL in outs (505)
• #3 in AL in at bats (642)
• #3 in MLB in plate appearances (734)
• #3 in MLB in times grounded into double plays (24)
• #4 in AL total bases (279)
• #5 in AL in hits (175)
• #5 in AL in times on base (254)

Jason Thompson

• #4 in AL in runs created (104)
• #5 in AL in total bases (278)

Milt Wilcox

• #4 in AL in hit batsmen (8)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1979 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

• Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time (played 12 games as a rookie)
• Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time (played 11 games as a rookie)
• Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time (played 19 games as a rookie)
• Aurelio Rodríguez: 91st best third baseman of all time
• Ron LeFlore: 80th best center fielder of all time

External links

• 1978 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics